W.Va. must strive to improve itself

November 22, 2012

The Gallup organization has again performed research on the best places to live in the U.S. Unfortunately and all too often, the state of West Virginia again ranks 50th in selected categories. Per the Gallup site: "West Virginia, followed by Mississippi and Kentucky, are the three states with the lowest overall average ranking across the 13 metrics. West Virginia is ranked last in the country for five of them: economic confidence, learning new and interesting things daily, ease of finding a safe place to exercise, obesity and smoking. Let us hope that those whom we just elected and heading to Charleston and Washington D.C., strive to improve our rating and improve the health and welfare of all its citizens.